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Bryan Fuller is going to boldly go...well, where he's been before, but better. The writer who got his start on Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine will return to the final frontier for CBS Television Studios' untitled 2017 Star Trek series.

Fuller previously helmed NBC's Hannibal and the beloved cult comedy Pushing Daisies. Before that, he wrote for the first season of Heroes (you know, the good one).

"Bryan is not only an extremely gifted writer, but a genuine fan of Star Trek," said CBS Television Studios President David Stapf. "Having someone at the helm with his gravitas who also understands and appreciates the significance of the franchise and the worldwide fan base was essential to us.”

As children, Fuller and his brother used to play with Star Trek toys. "Before seeing a frame of the television series, the Star Trek universe lit my imagination on fire," he said. "It is without exaggeration a dream come true to be crafting a brand-new iteration of Star Trek with fellow franchise alum Alex Kurtzman and boldly going where no Star Trek series has gone before.”

Kurtzman is best known in the Star Trek world for 2009's Star Trek and its 2013 sequel. Like Fuller, he is a longtime television writer and producer and excited for their collaboration as co-executive producers.

“Bringing Star Trek back to television means returning it to its roots, and for years those roots flourished under Bryan’s devoted care,” said executive producer Alex Kurtzman. “His encyclopedic knowledge of Trek canon is surpassed only by his love for Gene Roddenberry’s optimistic future, a vision that continues to guide us as we explore strange new worlds.”

The series will air exclusively on CBS All Access, the network's digital video streaming service.

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